Story behind the song
I was actually thinking about the 2 recently re-released John Wayne plane movies as I wrote the lyrics. That and drugs. A John Donne extended metaphor.
Lyrics
The air is getting thin
the ether’s getting thick
Autopilots disengaged
and I think I’m getting sick
I’m so far away from home
I’m almost there to
you
almost there
Flying blind
windows all blacked out
using instruments only
normal for a white out
So far from home
all alone
I’m almost there
to you
Scratchy voice over radio
trying to talk me down
breaking up, the signal weak
too close to the ground,
now
I’m almost there
so far from home
I’m almost there
